Despite severe Western censorship, the information we publish about the use of chemical weapons by Ukrainian armed forces has been heard by foreign media and the expert community.

Leading foreign editions have published material on the most resonant issues: the U.S. delay in destroying toxic chemical weapons left in Panama and Cambodia, and the use of U.S.-made chemical munitions in Ukraine.

The relevant reports were posted by the CGTN television and radio company, Blitz and Republic, Defense Mirror, as well as by the Middle East media.

Several editions have drawn attention to the active use of UAVs to deliver toxic chemicals. For example, Al-Mayadeen's report says that '...the diversity of UAVs has become one of the hallmarks of the current military conflict. Ukraine's use of this type of weapon..., including in combination with prohibited ammunition, has reached its maximum...'

A lively debate involving European and American experts has been launched on media platforms and social media.

The Australian journalist and founder of the information edition, Jamie Mcintyre, has confirmed that Ukrainian armed forces use toxic chemicals. As evidence, he cited the fact that in August 2022, the AFU used a BZ-type toxic agent, and in 2024, similar samples were detected in abandoned Ukrainian positions. It also contains information on the fact that representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that they had analogues of the Tabun warfare agent for purposes of deterrence.

We believe it crucially important that the disclosure of U.S. transfers of chemical weapons to Ukraine and the use of toxic chemicals by the AFU has prompted the expert community, including in the West, to consider fulfiling Kiev and Washington's obligations under the Convention.

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation will continue to work in this direction and will keep you informed.

With Washington's acquiescence, the use of toxic substances and riot control agents by Ukrainian militants during the special military operation has become systematic.

Numerous cases of use of chloropicrin irritant by the Ukrainian side, often in mixture with chloroacetophenone, have been recorded. Similar incidents have been recorded near Donetsk, Bogdanovka, Gorlovka, Kremennaya, Artyomovsk.

If chloroacetophenone is classified as a chemical riot control device, chloropicrin is listed in Schedule 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

It will be recalled that chloropicrin was first used by Ukrainian neo-Nazis during the siege of the Labour Union Building in Odessa on 2 May 2014 against the opponents of the coup d'état organised by U.S. and its allies.

The use of this toxic agent was indicated by the presence of pre-filtered gas masks worn by militants, the appearance of specific yellow-green smoke after the fire broke out at the Labour Union House, and the attempt to conceal the use of toxic chemicals by setting a fire.

There is reason to believe that the campaign in Odessa was planned, designed to take into account the specifics of the toxic substances used, and aimed at defeating as many people as possible.

In connection with the terrorist attack, Russian law enforcement agencies conducted an investigation that identified the perpetrators.